Indian Motorcycle Logo Vector

About Indian Motorcycle

Indian Motorcycle is an American motorcycle manufacturer owned and operated by Polaris Inc., an American automotive manufacturer. George M. Handee founded Handee Manufacturing Company in 1897. At first, they produced only bicycles. Before changing their name to American Indian, which is now known as Indian Motorcycles, they also won the Silver King and Silver Queen awards. However, Oscar Hedstrom later joined the company in 1990, and the two of them demonstrated three motorcycle prototypes in Middletown, Connecticut. They created a motorcycle with a 1.75 bhp single cylindrical engine. These prototypes were completed on May 25, 1901, and the motorcycles became famous around the world in less than a decade.

Meaning and History of the Indian Motorcycle Logo

Indian Motorcycle logos have been very interesting every time they changed – they changed 6 times. And every time, the logo became more and more interesting and it seemed like the company is always proud of its work. The logo changed 6 times in the following years:

• 1901
• 1915
• 1928
• 1955
• 2006
• 2013

Evolution of Indian Motorcycle Logo

The Indian Motorcycle logo was changed 6 times in the above-mentioned years and you will know about the details below:

1901

In this year, the ‘Indian’ is written in black color with a capitalized I, and the ‘Motorcycle’ is also in black color and is capitalized that under Indian that is separated by a line that has an angle of 45 degrees.

1915

This year, the logo became very much interesting.  It consisted of a face of a Native American facing to the left with their traditional feathered headwear – this symbol is in a red circle that has a greyish outline and above it says ‘Since 1901’. Moreover, The word Indian is written in the same way just the color of the Indian is red and the motorcycle is still capitalized and the 45 degrees line is gone.

1928

This year, the logo just has Indian in Maroon color and the motorcycle is still the same and the rest is gone.

1955

This year, the logo is very much impressive. There is a face of the native American facing to the right that is maroon in color. The Indian Motorcycle is placed on the feathered headwear in white color with the same font style.

2006

This year, the logo is more impressive as it now as native Americans have colors that represent native Americans.

2013

This year, the logo is what we still see today. Now the native American is in dark pink color and the Indian motorcycle is placed in the same position with the same font style. But all of this is in a circle through the circle is semi as the face of the native American and the feathers are out of it. In the first half of the circle, there is a text ‘Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 2013’ and beneath the native American, the text is ‘A NEW ERA BEGINS’. All of this has a greyish outline.

Design of Indian Motorcycle Logo

Indian motorcycle company made sure to hire the top graphic designers and creative managers in the world. Because every time, their logo enhanced and never failed to impress.

Font

The word ‘Indian’ is always written in Italian style font and the ‘Motorcycle’ was always written in simple sans-serif logotype. Though the spacing of the motorcycle’s letters had been distant from each other.

Color

In 1901, both words were written in black. 1915, the Indian, circle and the native American face were in red whereas the text ‘since 1901’ and the motorcycle was in black and covered with a greyish outline. Moreover, in 1928, the Indian was in maroon color and the motorcycle was in black. 1955, the logo was in maroon and the Indian motorcycle was in white. 2006, the logo had colors: brown, maroon, white, dark brown, mustard yellow, and black and the text was in black color. 2013, the logo was in three colors: dark pink, grey, and pink.

Provided Services

At VectorSeek you can find 4 variants of Indian Motorcycle logos that are free to download and you can use them anywhere with no copyright issue. You can download the following formats of the Indian Motorcycle logo@

• Indian Motorcycle logo PNG
• Indian Motorcycle logo SVG
• Indian Motorcycle logo vector
• Indian Motorcycle logo AI

You can download all of these logo formats in a ZIP file.

Variants of Indian Motorcycle

You can download 3 variants of Indian motorcycles in HD quality and with just one click – people download the following Indian Motorcycle logo often:

• Indian Motorcycle original logo
• Indian Motorcycles old logo

Conclusion

Indian motorcycle logos evolution is very much inspirational. It tells that the brand is for the people of America and by the people of America and they also managed to make it famous around the world. Moreover,  You can download an editable file of the Indian Motorcycle logo at VectorSeek and see in detail how it was made.